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Dutchess Mall
Entry to Dutchess Mall, 2004
Entry to Dutchess Mall, 2004
Facts and statistics
Location Fishkill, New York, United States
Opening date 1974
Management Dagar Group
No. Fishkill is a Town in Dutchess County, New York, USA. The population was 20258 at the 2000 census The United States of America —commonly referred to as the  of stores and services 1 (original mall featured over 50 stores)
No.  of anchor tenants 1
No. In Retail an anchor store, draw tenant, anchor tenant, or key tenant, is one of the larger stores in a Shopping mall, usually  of floors 1

Dutchess Mall was an enclosed shopping mall in Fishkill, New York, United States. A shopping mall or shopping centre is a building or set of buildings that contain Retail units with interconnecting Walkways enabling visitors Fishkill is a Town in Dutchess County, New York, USA. The population was 20258 at the 2000 census The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Currently, the former mall property is the site of a Home Depot, as well as two vacant buildings (previously occupied by Service Merchandise and Jamesway), with the rest of the property awaiting further redevelopment. The Home Depot ( is an American Retailer of Home improvement and construction products and services Service Merchandise is a defunct chain of Catalog showroom stores carrying fine jewelry toys sporting goods and Electronics that existed from 1934 to Jamesway was a chain of discount Department stores founded in Jamestown New York, in 1961 Dagar Group manages the shopping center. [1] R. C. Chera Realty Group is the exclusive leasing broker for the existing vacant structure. [2]

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History

Dutchess Mall opened in 1974[3] as the first mall in Dutchess County. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Dutchess County is a County located in the US state of New York, in the state's Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. [4] Original anchors included J. W. Mays Company and Luckey Platt, two local department stores;[5] other major tenants included Flah's (another local department store)[5] and Drug World (a pharmacy), as well as RadioShack and Waldenbooks. The Luckey Platt & Company Department Store building is located at the corner of Main and Academy streets in downtown Poughkeepsie, New York, United RadioShack Corporation (formerly Tandy Corporation) (  is a chain of electronics retail stores in the United States, as well as parts of North America Waldenbooks (often called Waldens) operated by the Walden Book Company Inc [3]

Former Jamesway at Dutchess Mall, 2004
Former Jamesway at Dutchess Mall, 2004

J. W. Mays closed in the 1980s and was replaced with Gaynes. Gaynes, in turn, was converted to discounter Jamesway, which closed in 1994. Jamesway was a chain of discount Department stores founded in Jamestown New York, in 1961 [6] Luckey Platt closed in the 1980s and was replaced with Service Merchandise, which closed on December 24, 1996. Service Merchandise is a defunct chain of Catalog showroom stores carrying fine jewelry toys sporting goods and Electronics that existed from 1934 to Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) [4] The former Service Merchandise was soon replaced with the Dutchess Flea Market.

For many years, Dutchess Mall was the only mall serving its area; however, it was often unable to attract many big-name tenants, due to rumors of a larger mall opening nearby. The rumored mall, which would have been anchored by Macy's, never came to fruition. Macy's is a chain of mid-range American Department stores Its Flagship store in Herald Square, New York City has been billed [5] Because it could not attract stores easily, and because the anchor stores had changed, Dutchess Mall was quick to lose tenants, eventually replacing a large portion of retail space with a satellite campus of Marist College. Marist College is a private Liberal arts college of 180 acres (72 ha located on the east bank of the Hudson River near Poughkeepsie, New York, on [3] Other problems plaguing the mall included an outdated mall design; competition from the nearby Poughkeepsie Galleria; and the advent of big box retail. The Poughkeepsie Galleria is a Shopping mall on US 9 in the Town of Poughkeepsie New York, not far from Wappingers Falls, and is the biggest Big-box store is a term that refers to a style of physically large Chain store, and by extension to the company behind the store [4]

Revitalization

Interior of Dutchess Flea Market, 2004
Interior of Dutchess Flea Market, 2004

In 1999, plans were announced to convert the mall into a business community called Hudson Valley Metro Centre. The project would have included office tenants, a recreational facility, child care, and restaurants. [7] Due to high startup costs, the plans were scrapped,[8], and by 2001, the mall was sealed off entirely, with only the flea market remaining open. [3]

In 2003, a group of designers from New York devised a plan to convert Dutchess Mall into a women's prison. This plan was one of the finalists in "Dead Malls", a competition created by the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design. [9] This plan, however, did not go beyond the scope of the competition.

Finally, after several years of vacancy, the mall was demolished for a Home Depot, which opened on July 5, 2006. The Home Depot ( is an American Retailer of Home improvement and construction products and services Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [1] Only the mall building itself was demolished; the former Jamesway and Service Merchandise buildings were left intact. [3] Due to the demolition of the mall, the flea market has closed; according to its website, the flea market is currently seeking a new location. [10]

R. C. Chera Realty Group is currently marketing the existing vacant structure to lease to big box retailers that would be attracted to the location, which has excellent visibility from nearby Interstate 84. Big-box store is a term that refers to a style of physically large Chain store, and by extension to the company behind the store Interstate 84 (abbreviated I-84) is an Interstate highway extending from Dunmore Pennsylvania (near Scranton Pennsylvania) at an intersection [11]

Other notes

In 2007, Dutchess Mall was the subject of a documentary titled Fish Kill Flea; the documentary's main focus was the mall's flea market. [12]

The mall occupies a portion of a site once occupied by the Fishkill Encampment and Supply Depot, which has been listed on the National Register of Historical Places since Dutchess Mall's opening. The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of [13]The Fishkill Encampment was previously slated for conversion to a national park, but the plan was rejected. [14]

External links

References

  1. ^ a b Dutchess Mall. The Dagar Group Properties Ltd. . Retrieved on 2007-05-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João
  2. ^ R.C. Chera Realty Group - The Dutchess Mall Site Profile. Retrieved on 2007-05-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the
  3. ^ a b c d e Dutchess Mall - Fishkill, New York. DeadMalls. com. Retrieved on 2007-05-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João
  4. ^ a b c Ancient mall reveals how humans used to shop. The Dagar Group Properties Ltd. . Retrieved on 2007-05-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João
  5. ^ a b c Route 9 offers promise of busy commerce. Poughkeepsie Journal. Retrieved on 2007-05-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João
  6. ^ Dread Dutchess Mall. Retrieved on 2007-05-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João
  7. ^ Plan To Revitalize The Former Dutchess Mall Announced. Putnam County News. Retrieved on 2007-05-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João
  8. ^ Endogenous healing methods in the treatment of mall decay: A case study of Dutchess Mall, Fishkill, New York (PDF). LA Forum. Retrieved on 2007-05-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João
  9. ^ What To Do with Dead Malls. National Trust. Retrieved on 2007-05-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João
  10. ^ Dutchess Flea Market. Retrieved on 2007-05-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João
  11. ^ R.C. Chera Realty Group - The Dutchess Mall Site Profile. Retrieved on 2007-05-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the
  12. ^ Fish Kill Flea. Austin Film Society. Retrieved on 2007-05-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João
  13. ^ Fishkill Historical focus. Retrieved on 2007-05-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João
  14. ^ Fading into history: Fishkill depot defenseless against mall. Times Herald-Record. Retrieved on 2007-05-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João

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